Via Truthout: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Just a Couple More Things about NPR

Friday 25 March 2011

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Just a Couple More Things about NPR
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Truthout: "Like Jake LaMotta and his brother Joey in the bloody boxing classic 'Raging Bull,' we are gluttons for punishment. So, here we are again, third week in a row, defending NPR against the bare-knuckled assault of its critics. Our earlier pieces on the funding threat to NPR have generated plenty of punches, both pro and con. And although most of the comments were welcome, and encouraged further thinking about the value of public media in a democratic society, a few reminded us of the words of the poet and scholar James Merrick: 'So high at last the contest rose/From words they almost came to blows!'"
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